On The Shelf: IDW Publishing Solicitations for November 2015

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #36
Jeremy Whitley (w) • Andy Price (a) Price (c)
“Siege of the Crystal Empire” Part 3! A nefarious foe returns to full power to reclaim that which is rightfully his! Ancient mysteries will be revealed as Twilight and Cadance seek a way to stop the darkness from spreading!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

My Little Pony: Friends Forever #22Christina Rice (w) • Jay Fosgitt (a) • Amy Mebberson (c)
Celestia is planning a party for her sister Luna, and she needs the perfect cake! The Princess enlists Pinkie Pie’s help, but Pinkie may be in over her head with this royal order!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers #47
John Barber (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (a) • Andrew Griffith (c)
CONQUERORS, part 2! OPTIMUS PRIME ventures into the SEA OF RUST, looking for the truth about his role as a PRIME. Instead, he comes face-to-face with the new female combiner, VICTORION, who has some questions of her own!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #47
James Roberts (w) • Brendan Cahill (a) • Alex Milne (c)
FRIENDSHIP ISN’T MAGIC! TAILGATE has a choice to make—and if he had any idea what was at stake, he’d think twice before making it. The crew is ripped apart as MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE begins the sprint towards its shocking 50th issue!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Robots in Disguise Animated #5
Georgia Ball (w) • Priscilla Tramontano (a & c)
Hot on the heels of completing their biggest mission ever, BUMBLEBEE and his team are hoping for a little downtime. Unfortunately… a sinister new DECEPTICON has other ideas—and it’s right back into full-throttle, 100%-adventure down the rip-roaring RID road!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Box Set
James Roberts, John Barber (w) • Nick Roche, Alex Milne, Jimbo Salgado, Emil Cabaltierra, Guido Guidi, Brendan Cahill, Agustin Padilla, James Raiz (a) • Marcelo Matere (c)
This box set collects the first five volumes making up the first 22 issues of theseries, following the adventures of the crew of the Lost Light as they head on an epic search for the Knights of CYBERTRON.
TPB • FC • $89.99 • 668 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-474-0
•All-new cover art from Marcelo Matere!

G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #220: COBRA WORLD ORDER Part 2
Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a) • Francesco Francavilla (c)
Once G.I. Joe uncovers more about Cobra’s sinister plot, the villainous organization goes to ground and consolidates its forces. Cobra’s Master Plan is set to begin and G.I. Joe will not be prepared for the epic scale of the coming caranage!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Star Trek: New Adventures, Vol. 2
Mike Johnson, F. Leonard Johnson, Ryan Parrott (w) • Stephen Molnar, Erfan Fajar, Hendri Prasetyo, Miralti Firmansyah, Claudia Balboni (a) • Paul Shipper (c)
The New Adventures of the Starship Enterprise continue with stories focusing on the new crew in the new timeline that take place between the first and second movies, plus the story “After Darkness,” which picks up where Star Trek Into Darkness leaves off, all with creative collaboration with writer/producer Roberto Orci! Collects issues #13–24 of the ongoing Star Trek series.
TPB • FC • $29.99 • 288 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-413-9
•”J.J. Abrams got it right when he chose to rekindle our fascination with the original Star Trek television series. This collection (Vol. 1) from IDW works in that same vein.” –Comicsgrinder.com

Star Trek/Green Lantern #5 (of 6)
Mike Johnson (w) • Angel Hernandez (a) • David Williams (c)
The galactic civil war reaches a critical point as the Yellow Lantern Klingons, Orange Lantern Romulans, and Red Lantern Gorn fight for supremacy, with Hal Jordan, James T. Kirk, and the crew of the Enterprise caught in the middle! It’s a dark night for the Federation… and the arrival of Nekron and his Black Lanterns will only make things worse! Don’t miss the penultimate chapter in the blockbuster crossover event of 2015!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Star Trek New Visions: The Hollow Man
John Byrne (w, photo-manipulation)
A mysterious message draws Mr. Spock on a solo mission to a distant part of the Federation, where an old friend awaits, as well as a menace with the potential to threaten the entire galaxy.
FC • 48 pages • $7.99

The X-Files: Season 11 #4
Joe Harris (w) • Matthew Dow Smith (a) • menton3 (c)
Scully follows a mysterious lead, but is it crucial to finding Mulder or just another of Gibson Praise’s games? Meanwhile, Mulder deals with the fallout from the recent “Peacock Family Reunion” and wonders if he really can go “Home Again,” himself.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Godzilla in Hell #5 (of 5)
Dave Wachter (w & a & c)
Godzilla’s final foray into the depths of Hell will prove to be his most challenging yet! Will Godzilla be able to find his way back to the living world? An unstoppable force unlike any he has seen bars his way!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Back to the Future #2 (of 4)
Bob Gale, John Barber, Erik Burnham (w) • Marcelo Ferriera, Chris Madden (a) • Dan Schoening (c)
GREAT SCOTT! The past present and future come crashing together as only BACK TO THE FUTURE can do it! Secrets between the McFly family and Doc Brown are revealed… and what happens to the inventions that don’t quite work as planned? All thanks to the guiding hand of BTTF co-creator Bob Gale and co.!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The Infinite Loop TPB—CERTIFIED COOL
Pierrick Colinet (w) • Elsa Charretier (a & c)
A science-fiction series that asks the age-old question, “What would you risk for a chance at true love?” Meet Teddy, a young woman who lives in a faraway future where time traveling is a common practice and her job is to maintain the status quo by correcting time paradoxes. But when she meets Ano, “a time paradox” and the girl of her dreams, Teddy must decide between fixing the time stream or the love of her life, both of which have unique consequences.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 152 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-436-8
•”The Infinite Loop is starting to become a must-read for fans of either romance or science fiction. It’s light-hearted, full of fun, and has a solid foundation.” –TheLatestPull.com

Sherlock Holmes: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution #4 (of 5)
David & Scott Tipton (w) • Ron Joseph (a) • Kelley Jones (c)
With the help of Sigmund Freud, Sherlock Holmes is on the mend. However, it seems that where Holmes goes, trouble follows, as Holmes and Watson uncover a mystery that could lead the world to the brink of war! The adaptation of Meyer’s best-selling novel continues!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

BOY-1 #4 (of 4)
H.S. Tak (w) • Amancay Nahuelpan (a) • Leila del Duca (c)
Molecular biologist Jadas Riezner has discovered he is the subject of a clandestine experiment to make world’s first biologically advanced human and the catalyst for the next jump in evolution. Now experience the science-based spectacular finale!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
•In the tradition of Y: The Last Man and Blade Runner.
•Variant cover by Andrew Currie!

The Maxx: Maxximized #25
Sam Kieth (w & a & c)
Sara and Horse-Maxx struggle to contain the exploding Pink Fairies they rescue from the lake. As they try to keep them on ice, literally, and hide them from Sara’s roommate.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The October Faction #10
Steve Niles (w) • Damien Worm (a & c)
The Allan children are still struggling with the fact that Fred killed their real parents. And while the family is split, an old enemy returns to take his revenge.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Amazing Adventures #4
Matthew K. Manning (w) • Chad Thomas, Sina Grace (a) Jon Sommariva (c)
It’s up to Slash to rescue the rest of the Mutanimals. Will he be able to put the Turtles’ training to good use and save the day? Part two of a special story that documents the Mutanimals first adventure together!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Popeye Classics #40
Bud Sagendorf (w & a & c)
Each and every issue of Bud Sagendorf’s Popeye comics is brilliant and rousing stupendous fun, but this one features Sea Hag and The Jeep! The first, cover-featured, story “The Mystery of the Magic Flute” has our favorite one-eyed sailor pitted against Haggy and is a hoot. The second story, “Popeye and the Jeep” has that fan-fave creature plus the rapscallion Wimpy at his best/worst!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
•Variant cover by Graham Hill!

Jem and the Holograms #9
Kelly Thompson (w) • Emma Vieceli (a & c)
VIRAL PART 3! Jem and The Holograms commemorate their new video with a huge house party… but that may have been a mistake, as more than one party crasher isn’t looking to celebrate their success!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Graham Ingels EC Stories Artist’s Edition HC—SPOTLIGHT
Various (w) • Graham Ingels (a & c)
EC Comics produced what is arguably the finest line of comics ever, and of all their titles, the horror books were the most popular. And the most acclaimed of the horror artists was Graham “Ghastly” Ingels, whose particular talents influenced and inspired several generations of artists, including the great Bernie Wrightson. This Artist’s Edition will include a sampling of Ingels’ best stories, and a selection of some of his most terrifying covers–this volume will make a worthy companion to the Wally Wood, Jack Davis and the Best Of EC editions!
HC • BW • $95.00 net discount item • 152 Pages • 15″ x 22″ • ISBN: 978-1-63140-496-2
•Advance-solicited for January release!

San Diego Comic Art Gallery: Kevin Eastman Exhibition Collection
Kevin Eastman (a & c)
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, one of the world’s most popular and successful comic book creations, began with a single sketch drawn more than thirty years ago by co-creator Kevin Eastman.
The San Diego Comic Art Gallery and IDW Publishing have delved deep into the artist’s own archives to create this inaugural exhibition celebrating Kevin Eastman’s creative genius and his motto: “Imagination is the greatest adventure.”
The assembled artworks and manuscripts include preliminary drawings and finished art, illustrating Eastman’s meticulous approach and dedication to his work, including his earliest sketches and most recent covers. Cowabunga, Dude!
TPB • FC • $24.99 • 140 Pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-503-7
•Presenting the art and process pieces that comprise the inaugural exhibition at the brand-new San Diego Comic Art Gallery!
•First time offered outside of the gallery itself!
•Learn more about the San Diego Comic Art Gallery: www.sdcomicartgallery.com

Steve Canyon, Volume 6: 1957-1958
Milton Caniff (w & a & c)
Things take a decidedly domestic turn in our sixth volume. Can Summer and Steve rekindle their love amidst the action of…high school basketball? Can Poteet find happiness on the polo field? Since this is Steve Canyon, not all the action takes place at home, and old friends unexpectedly pop up in new places. Miss Mizzou feels overdressed on Finger Island—Colonel Sam Index reappears at Higgs Air Base—Princess Snowflower comes to America as a pawn in Doagie Hogan’s plan to attack Communist China—and Savannah Gay teams up with none other than Bob Hope in a special Christmas story. Everyone’s favorite Light Colonel dodges death and femme fatales alike in volume six of The Complete Steve Canyon!
HC • PC • $49.99 • 336 Pages • 11″ x 8.5″ • ISBN: 978-1-63140-469-6

Amazing Spider-Man Newspaper Strips, Vol. 2: 1979 – 1981
Stan Lee (w) • John Romita and Larry Lieber (a) • John Romita (c)
The exciting second volume of the wondrous wall-crawler’s long-running newspaper strip by Stan Lee, John Romita, and Larry Lieber, with all Sundays in color and integrated with the dailies—just as they originally appeared in newspapers worldwide. Edited by Bruce Canwell, this book includes more than 700 sequential comics—the complete run from January 1979 through the January 1981!
HC • FC • $49.99 • 320 pages • 11″ x 8.5″ • ISBN: 978-1-63140-498-6
•Advance solicited for December release!

Horror by Heck—CERTIFIED COOL
Don Heck (w & a & c)
Don Heck was the co-creator of Marvel’s Iron Man and the long time Avengers artist. In the 1950s Heck did a score of artistically brilliant and extremely beyond-the-pale, extremely gruesome, Pre-Code Horror comic book covers and comics. The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics now gives it’s loving attention to this unsung horror master! This beautiful hardcover book sports the usual Yoe Books detailed history, rare images reproduced from original art and more mind-blowing ephemera to give a fascinating look at the dark side of Dapper Don Heck.
HC • FC • $24.99 • 152 Pages • 8.5″ x 11″ • ISBN: 978-1-63140-463-4
•Look for the other Chilling Archives of Horror Comics books: Jack Cole’s Deadly Horror, The Worst of Eerie Publications, Tom Sutton’s Creepy Things, etc.—collect them all!

WEIRD Love #10
Unknown (w & a & c)
If you LOVE your comics WEIRD, then Weird Love is for YOU! We find the kinkiest and kookiest ROTFL romance comics of the 1950s and assemble them into a lurid Good Girl Art package! This issue features a deplorable comic about a plus-size woman titled “My Heavy Heart” that will make you glad we’ve come a long way, baby! “Innocence Was My Angle” is anything but innocent! Finally, we just have to share with you the so-bad-it’s good “I Suffered For Love”—it’s as if Ed Wood created comics, and trust us, you’ll suffer—from fits of laughter!
FC • 32 pages • $4.99

Miami Vice Remix, Vol. 1—CERTIFIED COOL
Joe Casey (w) • Jim Mahfood (a & c)
Iconoclastic creators Joe Casey and Jim Mahfood turn the world of Miami Vice on its head in a way that’s got to be seen to be believed! Detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs are taking on crime in a city rampant with danger at every turn! An ‘80s classic is now a Lion Forge reimagining for a bold, new audience!
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 148 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-465-8
•”Explodes with wall-to-wall color and style but does so with a flamboyance and attitude all its own.” –Comic Book Resources

Andre The Giant: Closer To Heaven
Brandon Easton (w) • Denis Medri (a & c)
Jean Ferre. Monster Eiffel Tower. Fezzik. These were alter egos for the internationally acclaimed pro wrestling superstar known as Andre the Giant, who thrilled audiences worldwide with his unmatched charisma and remarkable athleticism. Despite his astonishing popularity, few really knew the man behind the curtain–the man born in the French countryside named Andre Roussimoff. Showing signs of gigantism at an early age, Andre decided to use his size to his advantage and entered the wild world of professional wrestling. From his first day in the squared circle, those close to him knew that a legend was born.
This lavishly illustrated biography of Andre the Giant charts his entire life from the earliest days on his family’s farm to his blockbuster feuds with the biggest wrestling stars of all time, exploring the dark side of fame and fortune along the way.
TPB • FC • $12.99 • 104 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-400-9
•Officially sanctioned by the family and estate of Andre The Giant.
•Written by Eisner Award nominee Brandon Easton.

TET #3 (of 4)
Paul Allor (w) • Paul Tucker (a & c)
1984. The war is over. Eugene is wounded, inside and out. And now, he finds himself going back to Vietnam, to set things right, and maybe even start again. But as Eugene sinks deeper into a 16-year-old murder investigation, he finally understands how wrong he’s been. And that some wounds never heal.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Drones
Chris Lewis (w) • Bruno Oliveira (a) • Ramon Villalobos (c)
Join pilots Stinger and Angel Eyes for a wild night in Las Vegas’ finest terrorism-themed hotel. Collecting all five issues of the hit miniseries, this book is a satirical look at a world in which terror and entertainment have begun to blur.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 136 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-437-5
•”The Complete Little Orphan Annie has raised the bar against which such compilations will be judged.” –Scoop